NOTE: The room opens at 6pm, but the speaker does not begin until 7pm, with the hour between for socializing.

Speaker: Ryan Adamson

Topic: Crypto For SysAdmins

Come and dispel the Black Magic of some common computer cryptosystems such as PGP, SSL Certificate Signing, and Password Hashing. How do they work? Why are they necessary? How can they be implemented? Live demonstrations of each will be provided, as well as implementation tips and best practices.

About the Speaker

Ryan Adamson is a high performance computing security analyst at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He enjoys solving large-scale problems and talking to the community. In his free time, (when he’s not spending time with his wife and daughter,) he plays disc golf and attempts to garden.